Iran, the storied empire of Persian antiquity is majorly a desert plateau ringed by lofty mountain ranges. Famed for their handsome architecture and verdant gardens, the old Iranian cities of Pasargad and Neishabour were exceptional…
Network Of Architecture, a firm based in Berlin (Germany), and Bolzano (Italy) is a creative group of individuals who explore various interdisciplinary methods of design and inspiration. The firm has…
Contemporary and Vernacular. While one word defines a type of architecture that’s highly progressive, modern, high tech, and expressive, the other deals with traditional, simple, and practical techniques, the simplest…
India, a developing country at a 33% rate of urbanization, is a place riddled with complex issues of growth and expansion. The population growth and the ever-present disparity in the…
With advancing urbanization, the demand for affordable housing is invariably increasing. A small house of his own is the dream of every man in our country, whether he is a…
“We shape our buildings and afterward, our buildings shape us,” ― Winston Churchill The design of the built environment has a profound impact on human behavior. Therefore, poorly designed buildings…
The developed countries are nowadays facing a rapid outrage in the transportation crises, which in itself is the ultimate result of the rapid growth in urbanization and a standing mismatch…
In a post-modern contemporary age with an alarming increase in population, cities are running out of space and energy for substantial public places. As urbanization trends shoot up, urban designers…
Urbanization and the gradual shift of population from rural to urban areas pose a global concern over the years. Although, there is a dip in the increase in the population…
“But cities aren’t like people; they live on and on, even though their reason for being where they are has gone downriver and out to sea.” – John Updike. A…
Vernacular architecture originated when mankind started to provide itself shelter according to its circumstances, made from surrounding materials. It is a mere response to society’s needs that has allowed man…
Congratulations freshly minted graduates, you have survived the all-nighters spent in search of innovations. As the fresh architects step out of college with a romanticized love-hate relationship with architecture in…